The AzACDA Cantaremos Honor Choir Festival includes three honor choirs and is a wonderful opportunity for students in grades 5-9 to audition and be a part of a high quality choral ensemble and to work with much sought after clinicians.This year the festival will be held on Saturday, November 12, 2011 at Gilbert High School.
Audition Process
The teacher is responsible for preparing students for the audition as well as recording and compiling the audition CDs. Each section of each choir should have it’s own CD. For example, the 5/6 choir will require 2 different CDs: one with all soprano auditions and one with all alto auditions.
For each audition have the student clearly state: name, grade, part. Do NOT have them say their school. There will be 2 components:
1. Sing “My Country Tis of Thee” a capella
5/6th Grade Choir Soprano: key of G
5/6th Grade Choir Alto: key of D
7-9 Girls Sop: key of B flat
7-9 Girls Sop II: key of G
7-9 Girls Alto: key of E
7-9 Boys T1: key of B
7-9 Boys T2: key of G
7-9 Boys B1: key of E
7-9 Boys B2: key of C
2. Sing excerpt of specified song. Excerpt should be well learned and sung a capella or with accompaniment-no part help, please.
5th and 6th Grade Treble Choir
Scott Youngs, director
"Lazy Days Calypso" 2-part by Dave and Jean Perry- PDF will be emailed to directors
"Sansa Kroma" 2-part arr. Michael Scott #SVM00090 (Alfred)
"Ubi Caritas et Amor" 2-part by Roger Emerson #08743531
"Like a River" 2-part by Marti Lunn Lantz and David Lantz III (Alfred Music) #11569
Audition: "Like a River" m. 40-47.
7th-9th Grade Boys Choir
Brook Larson, director
"Polly Wolly Doodle" TTB arr. John Leavitt #08741475
"Stars I Shall Find" TTB by Victor Johnson #15/2454H (Heritage Music Press)
"We Rise Again" TTBB Dubinsky/Smith #CP1136 (Cypress Choral Music)
Audition: "Stars I Shall Find" measures 29-36
Each student sings the part for which they are auditioning, no part help please. See attachment for other audition requirements.
7th-9th Grade Girls Choir
Danya Tiller, director
"Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel" SSA arr. Ken Berg #08703266 (Hal Leonard)
"Dona Nobis Pacem" (from Missa Brevis in F) SSA Mozart/Liebergen #OCTM01011 (Belwin)
"So We'll Go No More A Roving" SSA by Brian Holmes #15/1735R (Roger Dean Publishing)
"Who Can Sail?" 2-part +descant arr. Agnestig #08500074 (Walton Music Corp)
Each student sings the part for which they are auditioning, no part help please. See attachment for other audition requirements.
Audition: "So We'll Go No More A Roving" measures 41-49
After you have compiled your CD’s please have them postmarked NO LATER THAN September 21, 2011 and mailed to:
Andrea Squires
4775 W. Linda Ct.
Chandler, AZ 85226
NEW: Fill out an audition form and submit with your CD’s. Audition form is located here
Results will be emailed to teachers on or after October 8, 2011.
Time Commitment
Teachers will be responsible for preparing their students to sing the specified pieces for the November 12 festival. Pieces should be note and rhythm perfect by the festival. This will give the clinicians the opportunity to truly make music with the students rather than just go over parts. The number of before or after school rehearsals is at the discretion of each teacher.
Students should also be prepared to practice on their own time using the music and practice materials (more information to follow).
Teachers will need to be present at the festival all day on Saturday, November 12. Registration begins at 8:30 am, rehearsals will be morning and afternoon with a concert for family and friends at 4:00 pm. Information about concert tickets will follow.
Cost
There is a $30 per student registration fee for those who have been accepted to the honor choir ($31 for 5th/6th grade members to cover licensing cost of piece we will email to you). This fee includes the cost of the clinicians, facility rental, as well as lunch the day of the concert. After you are notified which of your students were accepted into the Honor Choir, please send ONE big check made out to AzACDA for all your students to:
Dr. Thomas Bookhout, AzACDA Treasurer
c/o Camelback Bible Church
3900 E Stanford Dr
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
Your school or students will also be responsible for paying for the choral sheet music. Audition excerpts can be found here and the complete octavo can be ordered through Music Mart (www.musicmart.com). Please make sure that you place your order early as photocopies are not acceptable at the festival. It is recommended that you order one of each piece in August so that you can immediately give copies to your students when you find out who makes the honor choir. You can then order the number you need and destroy the copies when you receive the originals.
Please consider participating in this year’s Cantaremos Honor Choir Festival! We have wonderful clinicians and this is sure to be a fantastic learning experience for your students. They will enjoy singing with other dedicated choral singers and take new leadership skills back to your choir.
